The news spread like wildfire faster than merchant caravans, swifter than smoke on a stormy wind. The entire frontier trembled when word arrived that the four outlaw kings who ruled Shareon City… were dead.
They weren't just common thugs. These were seasoned A-rank warriors—bandit overlords who had carved a bloody empire at the edge of the wilds.
Shareon, the city of outlaws, had stood like a steel wall between chaos and civilization. Now, that wall has been shattered.
Inside the fortified council chamber of Greyshade a major town at the border—a meeting of mayors, lieutenants, and informants was already underway.
Crimson banners swayed as the heavy wooden doors creaked open. A messenger stumbled in, his face pale, tunic torn, as if the news itself had scorched him.
Mayor Lindra of Mossend was the first to speak. Her voice was laced with tension.
"Speak. What happened in Shareon?"
